News archive for 17th March 2017

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Grammar schools - dividing the Tories? - Montrose42 Ministry of Defence accused of attempting to cover up claims of abuse at top military boarding school - Telegraph More than 20 schools in this Welsh county are without a permanent headteacher - Wales Online Primary school teachers' suicide rate nearly double national average, figures reveal - Independent Policy Eye: highlights of week ending Friday 17 March 2017 - Pearson 'Outrageous': expert slams White House for denying school meals' link to learning - Guardian Private school closes 9 days early for Easter due to cashflow issues - Schools Week Six tools for student entrepreneurs - Huffington Post Female primary teachers have 42% higher-than-average risk of suicide - Times Educational Supplement | TES Major provider chaired by ex-SFA boss calls in administrators - FE Week Ball-watching through the ages: studying the history of sport - Guardian Cognitive neuroscience postgrads: delving into the mysteries of the mind - Guardian Post-Brexit postgrads: what's in store for higher education? - Guardian Girls from poorer families in England struggle to afford sanitary protection - Guardian Postgrad apprenticeships: ready for take-off - Guardian GCSE resits cause 'significant problems', says Ofsted boss - BBC In this week's TES Further: The unintended consequences of exam reform - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sports science postgrad courses yield sweet returns - Guardian Institute for Apprenticeships most popular for external quality assurance - FE Week Clean energy postgrads: looking to the future - Guardian Postgrad stress: how to deal with the university blues - Guardian Seeding the future: how university incubators are helping postgrads' ideas bear fruit - Guardian Theresa May warned of Tory revolt over school spending cuts - Guardian 'We don't just parachute in then bugger off' – how unis help refugees - Guardian Struggling college has ‘agreed to release’ principal - FE Week Japan: push for foreign students to stay on to work in Japan - University World News Global: university rankings and the battle for talent - University World News China: are Chinese PhDs becoming more like US doctorates? - University World News China: talent drive looks to bring in international students - University World News Ofsted watch: sixth form college plummets after 10-year inspection wait - FE Week Netherlands: a step towards greater internationalisation in HE - University World News Kenya: teaching resumes after 54 days of strike action in universities - University World News 'I think my flatmate's got a gun' – tales of weapons at a UK university - Guardian 'Underfunded' Durand spends more than £200k on legal fees - Times Educational Supplement | TES Milo Yiannopoulos criticised for calls to ban Glasgow University Muslim society - Huffington Post HMCI Amanda Spielman's first major FE speech - FE News All state schools in England 'to face funding gap by 2020' - BBC The secret of happy children? Get rid of teachers and ban homework - Guardian No Birmingham colleges make apprenticeships register - FE Week I wouldn't 'trust' the new Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers - FE Week High school students start heart-warming club to make sure no-one has to sit alone at lunch - Huffington Post Outrage at decision to widen admissions for small sixth form - FE Week 'Shocking' cut - BBC Sector in shock: Apprenticeship provider register winners and losers - FE Week Why LGBTQ inclusivity still matters in higher education - The Conversation Ofsted boss commits to more ‘positive and purposeful’ approach to FE - FE Week Spielman vows to 'reset' Ofsted's relationship with FE sector - Times Educational Supplement | TES Head teacher retains powerlifting title - BBC A moment that changed me: refusing a place at private school | Maurice McLeod - Guardian Secondary schools `could lose funding equivalent to six teachers´ - Mail It’s quiz time for alumni - Wonkhe One in ten nursery workers paid below the minimum wage - Coram Family & Childcare Initial Teacher Education report published - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Sector outraged over claims that many nurseries are breaking Living Wage rules - Nursery World New school funding proposals will not address the ‘double disadvantage’ faced by poorer pupils in deprived areas - Sutton Trust Is the Bananarama Principle dead? - Sutton Trust Slides available: funding rules – deep dive for new providers - UVAC Apprenticeship funding and performance management rules 2017 to 2018 - SFA Further Education Commissioner intervention reports - SFA Advanced learner loans funding rules 2016 to 2017 - SFA Amanda Spielman's speech at the Association of Colleges Ofsted conference: 'A new direction' - Ofsted Dedicated schools grant (DSG): 2016 to 2017 - DfE The implications of the National Funding Formula for schools - EPI In the news: 17 March 2017 - UCU Education Policy Institute (EPI) on cuts to school budgets - NUT School leadership podcast March 2017 - NAHT ECU has responded to the consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework - ECU School funding in crisis - Voice ATL comment on ONS report on national suicide rates - ATL ATL comment on EPI Report of the impact of the National Funding Formula - ATL Ofsted Chief Inspector's first speech on post-16 education - AoC | Association of Colleges Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers published - AoC | Association of Colleges All schools face budget cuts by 2020 - analysis - PoliticsHome Government denies that Budget adjustments indicate 30-hour places shortfall - Nursery World Schools facing real-terms cuts under new funding formula - Nursery World EPI report shows government underfunding is key problem - ASCL Maths teachers 'demoralised' as their subject slides in popularity - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'I gave up work to take disabled son to school' - BBC Daily roundup 17 March: Nursery wages row, school funding, and improvement efforts - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Navigating the Apprenticeship Levy lies in information management - FE News Technology enhanced learning is finally taking off - Wonkhe Pressure from schools forces government to rethink Progress 8 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted rates dozens of new schools 'outstanding' without exam results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils moved in GCSE year from maintained schools as much as MATs - Schools Week RSC offered academy trust a deal to limit ‘reputational damage’ - Schools Week Academy CEO pay: Salaries soar, but who comes out on top? - Schools Week Identifying the potential for creating new apprenticeships in your region - FE News School transport cuts causing 'distress and upheaval' - BBC Warning for English schools over real-terms funding cuts - Financial Times Headteachers slam new funding formula for schools across England as cuts 'seriously affect' pupils - Mirror Illegal low pay for 20,000 nursery staff - claim - BBC Schools must get more bang for their buck - Times FE teacher training falls by a fifth in a year - Times Educational Supplement | TES School transport changes result in huge increase in complaints - Times Educational Supplement | TES Small schools could become 'unsustainable' under funding plans, union warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES All schools 'to face funding gap by 2020' - BBC Half of English schools 'could see funding cuts of up to 11% per pupil' - Guardian EPI report: National Funding Formula shifts cash away from poorest schools, and 5 other findings - Schools Week Pupil shoots headmaster in French school rampage - Times Funding formula 'fails to address double disadvantage' faced by poorer pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education funding crisis as every secondary school faces losing six teachers due to Tory cuts - Mirror Theresa May's most stupid cut of all will be destroying our children's education - Mirror